Measure of a Man: From Aushwitz Survivor to Presidents’ Tailor

“In 1956, Martin Greenfield was a twentysomething Czech immigrant working as a tailor at the well-regarded Brooklyn suit maker GGG Clothes. Greenfield had gotten in the door, in 1947, with the help of a fellow immigrant friend and eventually worked his way from the lowly post of ‘floor boy’ to trusted confidante of owner William P. Goldman, who took a shine to his competitive spirit. GGG was a favorite label of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the young tailor couldn’t help himself from passing advice on foreign policy to the Oval Office via the pockets of the president’s new suits. If Eisenhower wanted to end the Suez Canal crisis, Greenfield suggested in a note, why not give Secretary of State John Dulles a two-week vacation? Eisenhower eventually shared his tailor’s hubris with the D.C. press corps for a few laughs. The anecdote is one of many in Greenfield’s new memoir that demonstrates the extraordinary experience he had with capital-H history in the back half of the 20th century.”
—Vanity Fair

“I dare you to read Holocaust survivor Martin Greenfield’s story and not burst into tears. […] Every once in a while a book is written that you’ll never forget, and leaves you telling all your family and friends about. Martin Greenfield’s Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents’ Tailor is one of those books.”
—The Daily Surge